Steel Strike Threat Near Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp threatened a nationwide strike at midnight, with a massive preemptive furnace shutdown underway at several plants including Inland Steel in Indiana Harbor. CIO United Steelworkers pressed for higher wages as talks continued, while officials warned of orderly plant shutdowns to protect equipment and avoid damage.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
CIO United
Diators
Washington
Inland Steel Corp
Indiana Harbor, Ind
Grandmother wins $16000 on CBS quiz show
Mrs Catherine Kreitzers, 51, of Campo Hill Pennsylvania, won $16000 on the CBS TV program The $64,000 Question by naming Joseph’s seven brothers. She faced a double or nothing choice after winning $8000 last week and will decide next Tuesday whether to take $16000 or risk for $32000.
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New York
Campo Hill
Joseph
Catherine Kreitzers
Benjamin
Reuben
Simeon
Levi Judah
Isaachar
Zebulon
Three Dead In Fireworks Blast In Springfield Store
A fireworks display inside a Springfield retail store exploded yesterday, destroying the one story building and killing three shoppers who fled to a restroom. Victims were Margaret Click aged 56 and sisters Mary Williams 11 and Linda Kay Williams 7. An employee was overcome by smoke. fourteen other workers and three or four customers escaped unharmed. Mayor Warren Turner called a council meeting to consider banning fireworks sales. Co owner Clarence Wheeler put the damage at 275000 dollars.
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Springfield
Margaret Click
Mary Williams
Linda Kay Williams
Warren Turner
Clarence Wheeler
New Skipper For Olathe Air Station
Comdr Nels L A Berger became commanding officer of the Olathe Naval Air Station succeeding Capt Charles L Westhofen. Westhofen will command the aircraft carrier Oriskany after holding the post at Olathe since 1953. Berger had been executive officer at the station.
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Olathe
Kas
Nels L. A. Berger
Olathe Naval Air Station
Charles L. Westhofen
Westhofen
Oriskany
Berger
Pattern for cage and other bird items by Ruth Wyeth Spears
The Ottawa Herald describes Pattern 432 offering a chrome plated wire canary cage and other bird accessories with layout guides and hole drilling directions. It notes pattern price 25 cents and mentions Bedford Hills New York pattern dept. The piece also includes local society notes about community members and church attendance.
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Ottawa Herald Pattern Dept
Bedford Hills
New York
News From Lane Osawatomie visitors and Eastern Star event
Osawatomie residents hosted and visited across the weekend. Millard Wren and Wren family hosted Robinsons. Mrs Owens stayed with Cosbys and Bernard in Topeka. Eastern Star gathering in Louisburg drew several attendees. Norman White of Ottawa visited Maney White. Hedges family from Kansas City spent the weekend with Bill Christian and L D Morlan families. Vernon Logan also visited Owens family. Don Herron joined gatherings during the period.
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Wesley Weber
Jam- Lee
Ottawa
Ily
Jim van Horn
Osawatomie
Ellery Stevens
Mary McDougal
Harold Robinson
Bill Robinson
Decatur
Lane
Greeley
KK. BF. Brownlee
Clifford Metller
Jay /Sowgar
Stevie
Osawatomie c
Misses Joy
Ginger Brown
Millard Wren
W. J. Robinson
Bill Owens
Frank Cosby
Bernard
Topeka
Molly Gerth
No Owens
Gladys Henderson
Lara McDougal
Eastern Star
Louisburg
Norman White
Maney White
Harry Hedges
Kansas City
Bill Christian
L. D. Morlan
Vernon Logan
Don Herron
Murder charge for husband in Clara Zawacki death
Prosecutor Frank Connett Jr. said he will charge Anthony Zawacki, 69, with first degree murder in the death of his wife Clara Zawacki, 72, who died from a bullet wound suffered at their home ten days earlier. Zawacki, a retired packing plant worker, and Clara had been married 35 years. Police quoted him saying Clara was blind.
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ST. Joseph
Frank Connett Jr
Anthony Zawacki
Clara Zawacki
Zawacki
Clara
Fragmentary Crime Quote Shoots Woman in Altercation
A fragmentary OCR line states someone said they shot a woman after claiming she was sick and unable to cook. The brief text contains no dates, places, or names to identify persons or locations.
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Malott's
Bae TL
S.main
Olathe Air Station
Ruth Wyeth
Bakersfield
Calif
Earl Herron
Lane Methodist Church
Alvin Ralston
Donna Sue
Mary Cunningham
Berbiece Byers
San Francisco
Art Holland
Sunflower
Jerry Triplett
Jerry Holland
Dr. Bolcom
Canary Cage
Belle Brownlee
FORD
the Price Motor Company
Western Auto
Safeway
del Monte
Pillsbury's
Keen Shorten
Coldbrook Margarine
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U.S
Botensy
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